MTH 30-2760-3 O New York Transit Q Type Subway Non-Powered Add-on Set (Set of 3) – Model Train Junction: Quality Parts and Art Supplies

This is an MTH 30-2760-3 Q Type 3-Car Subway Add-on Set. In the late 1930s, the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation rebuilt 90 turn-of-the-century wooden elevated cars for service to the 1939-40 World’s Fair. Steel ends replaced the original open wood platforms and the BMT shops installed new doors and control systems. The cars were semi-permanently coupled into three-car sets, with two motorized units flanking an unpowered trailer. The Q (for Queens) cars served on the Flushing Line until 1949 and the following year began a new career on the Third Avenue Elevated. Like the proverbial phoenix, the cars – now more than half a century old – began yet another life in 1957, when they were moved to the Myrtle Avenue Elevated. When the Q-Types were finally retired in 1969, the oldest cars had been in continuous service for 66 years – the longest career of any New York City transit car. Today you can see a preserved Q-Type in the New York Transit Museum, the only rail museum in America located in a former subway station.

The RailKing Q-Type El cars feature transit stop simulation available only from M.T.H. Designed specifically for our municipal transit cars, the unique Proto-Soundr 2.0 transit program features Station Stop Proto-Effects, allowing you to program the train to stop automatically at designated station stops, even in Conventional Mode. When configured to run on automatic, the Q-Type stops itself at locations you define and calls out station names that you select in advance; the train essentially runs itself. And when you program the Q-Type for an out-and-back route, it even reverses itself and heads back downtown when it reaches the end of the line – stopping along the way at each station to broadcast the name of the stop and the hustle and bustle of passengers coming and going.

For more information on the Q-Type and the entire New York City transit system, visit www.nycsubway.org

Product Features: Durable ABS Intricately Detailed Bodies, Metal Wheels and Axles, Overhead Interior Lighting, Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks, Fast-Angle Wheel Sets, Detailed Car Interiors, 2-Car Sets Feature (2) Coaches, Colorful and Attractive Paint Schemes, Unit Measures:14 5/8 x 2 1/4 x 3 1/8, Operates On O-31 Curves.

Condition: Factory New (C-9)
Operational Status: Functional
Original Box: Yes (P-9)

Manufacturer: MTH
Model Number: 30-2760-3
Years Manufactured: 2007 – 2007
Road Name: New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA)
MSRP: $199.95

Scale/Era: O Modern
Model Type: Transit/Subways

The Trainz SKU for this item is P11412255.

Trainz Product Id: 11412255